scatterling

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English

Etymology

scatter +‎ -ling

Noun

scatterling (plural scatterlings)

(obsolete) One who has no fixed residence; a vagabond.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagabond
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 63:
  Long time in peace his realm establishd, / Yet oft annoyd with sundry bordragings / Of neighbour Scots, and forrein scatterlings.
- 1839, Benjamin Disraeli, The Tragedy of Count Alarcos, published 1910, page 388:
  But ah! her fatal vengeance Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling I wandered on the earth.
- 1986, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “You Can Call Me Al”, in Graceland:
  He is surrounded by the sound, the sound / Cattle in the marketplace / Scatterlings and orphanages

References

“scatterling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

clatterings

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